Irena Orska

Irena Orska

Nascimento : 1915-10-12, Kraków, małopolskie, Polska

Morte : 2004-02-13

Perfil

Irena Orska

Filmes

Thursdays for the Poor
Wanda
A young doctor has been assigned to a hospital in the provinces, in the lakes district of northern Poland. The area is a playground with hunting lodges for the priviledged, the local politicians cover up any leaks to the public. The doctor discovers a case of drunken driving but is silenced by blackmail in the court. He tries to fight back but has a love affair with the unfaithful wife of the town's Mayor.
The Dancing Hawk
matka Wiesławy
"The Dancing Hawk" refers to the son of a peasant who senses he can climb to the job in troubled times by playing his cards right. His slavery to work match his ambitions, and gradually he reaches the social position he desires. But the costs have included a dehumanized soul and a loss of a moral conscience. People have had to pay for his advancement, including those nearest to him. The downfall is equally painful: either imprisonment or the easy wasy out are offered as the alternatives.
Where the Water Is Pure and the Grass Is Green
matka sekretarza
The young Kuriata takes the position of the secretary of the City Committee in Grodów, where a corrupt clique ruled for many years. Kuriata begins to introduce competent people to managerial functions, which is enthusiastically received by workers who want changes for the better.
Dark River
Pawlakowa, gospodyni Heli w Lublinie
Small Polish village straight after WWII. Young man Zenek injured and awarded with Cross of Valour during partisan fight is torn between staying loyal to his partisan comrades (continuing their fight) and his own beliefs.
O Sanatório de Clepsidra
Józef's Mother
Ambientado na época pré-Segunda Guerra Mundial. Um jovem viaja num combóio estranho para ir visitar o seu pai moribundo num sanatório. Mas o lugar está em ruínas e recorda muitas memórias do passado. Ele está sitiado por soldados do passado, mercenários negros coloniais, meninas de sua infância e seus pais. É uma aventura interior, com um toque atmosférico incomum e cenários exuberantes.
Kocie ślady
właścicielka pensjonatu
The Doll
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make money is respected but his lack of family and social rank is condescended to. Because of his "help" (in secret) to "the doll's" impecunious but influential father, the girl becomes aware of his affection.
Ściana czarownic
profesorowa Maria Janicka
The Codes
sąsiadka
A father searches for his son, who has been missing since WW II, in post-war Poland. In his quest for the truth about his son, the father is forced to contemplate the elusive and coded nature of truth itself.
Cierpkie głogi
Trzy kroki po ziemi
Marysia Majchrowska (segment 2)
O Manuscrito de Saragoça
Duegna
Nos últimos anos da inquisição espanhola um oficial das tropas napoleônicas é submetido a um teste moral por duas sedutoras princesas mulçumanas, irmãs incestuosas da Tunísia.
No More Divorces
Zofia Kaliszewska, matka Joanny [epizod 2]
Three short segments about love.
How to Be Loved
Editor at the radio studio
An actress travels from Warsaw to Paris and during the trip reflects on the last few years of her life. It goes back to the German occupation and her hiding of a fellow actor who has supposedly killed a collaborator.
Dziewczyna z dobrego domu
uczestniczka przyjęcia w Dębach (uncredited)
Instead of coming to her own engagement party, Joanna throws herself into New Year's Eve partying. Her fiancé follows her lead.
Goodbye to the Past
kuzynka Magdaleny
An actress visits her hometown to attend the funeral of her grandfather. She realizes that the places and people from her past differ from her cherished memories.
One Room Tenants
Mrs. Bove
A subjective adaptation of a well-known autobiographical novel by Zbigniew Unilowski (screenplay by Wojciech Jerzy Has with dialogues by Stanislaw Dygat). The adventures of the tenants of a sublet room in a Warsaw townhouse inhabited mostly by students and novice writers, presented against the social context of the 1930s.